Describes a program carried out at the St. Paul, Minnesota Open School, in which junior and senior high school students are engaged in consumer advocacy for the community. (Author/GC)

Describes early spring night field trips by two naturalists and ten adults, armed with cameras and flashlights, in search of Spotted Salamanders performing ritual mating dances. Although dancing salamanders proved elusive, their habits and those of other pond life were examined and Spring American Woodcock nuptial flights were observed. (NEC)

Describes an exercise that provides a basis for resolving the controversy over which leadership theory is better, the Situational Contingency approach or the one-best-style approach. Thirty-two references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Challenges the identification of literacy with intelligence and abstract reasoning ability. Suggests nonverbal projects as a way of broadening the definition of intelligence in the English classroom. A bibliography is included. (DF)

Discusses the need to prepare nurse managers so that they will be effective in using the techniques of one discipline--management--to achieve the goals of another--nursing. Points out the need for systematic educational and experiential preparation for this complex job. (JOW)

Describes a museum's 10-week summer education program for elementary school students. In a nineteenth-century setting, students assume the role of adults and create an American West community. Tasks include blacksmithing, weaving, farming, carpentry, and printing. (KC)

Describes a 1978 study undertaken at the University of California-Davis on the evaluation of the stockbrokers internship program. (JOW)

Explores many facets of paradoxical communication in interpersonal encounters; and presents a structured interpersonal exercise which provides students with experiential learning in how to identify and deal effectively with many subtle manifestations of paradoxical communication. (Author/CMV)

Describes a simulation exercise designed to illustrate the effects of incentives on individual and group behavior. Examination of game-generated data suggests that the schemes affect both individual and group behavior. (Author/CMV)

An account of the kinds of creative learning experiences preschool children can be exposed to if the teacher organizes a group neighborhood walk for the children in an imaginative way. (CM)

Explains how a teaching method such as allowing students to raise gerbils at home can encourage students to gain experience with the fundamental techniques of operant conditioning which are otherwise generally unavailable to students in large introductory psychology courses. (DB)

Describes the various displays and activities which make up a traveling exhibit, "Reflections: The Child in America." The exhibition is designed to enhance understanding of American children's lives and experiences from colonial times to the present. (SS)

A review of reading research supports the notion that providing opportunities for children to develop rich experiences prior to beginning reading is essential. Further, there are definite links between these experiences and the development of cognitive structures that provide the basics for comprehension. (HOD)

Suggests inventorying and mapping the features of the school yard so that it can be used as a ready learning resource. Sample schoolyard learning activities for each elementary grade and various subject areas are provided. (SJL)

Outlines the history and present activities of an organization of child-centered educators in France. It was founded in 1926 by Celestin Freinet. (IRT)